Hail, Hail

Eddie Vedder & Co. will close out the arena’s historic 42-year run with a pair of shows October 28 and 30. The Spectrum will then be demolished to make way for a entertainment complex and hotel.

Tickets for the Pearl Jam shows, which will coincide with the band’s new album, “Backspacer,” due Sept. 20, go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. here.

The Pearl Jam news comes just after word that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will also return to the Spectrum for two final shows on October 13 and 14. (Those tickets go on sale July 27.)

“It’s really great to play a place with so much history and so much integration of culture,” Vedder said when the band last performed at the Spectrum in 2003. “To be able to play the Spectrum is very memorable for us.”

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